Mother Church of the Portuguese Parishes in the Fall River Diocese Established in 1892 PARISH PRIEST Rev. Gastão A. Oliveira PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Thomas M. Kocik PARISH SECRETARY Deborah Cândido-Pavão FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR Osvaldo Pacheco OFFICE HOURS Mon., Tue., Wed. & Thurs. 7:30AM - 2:30PM TELEPHONES Rectory 508-676-1184 Fax Number 508-676-9701 Faith Formation Office 508-675-3007 Baptisms First Sunday of the Month (Portuguese). Second Sunday of the Month (English) EUCHARIST Saturday 4:00PM (Portuguese) Sunday 8:00AM (Portuguese) 9:30AM (English) 11:00AM (Portuguese) Daily (In Chapel) Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 8:00AM (No Mass on Thurs.) Holy Day Parents should call the office at 508-676-1184. For information about the preparation & schedule. WELCOME TO THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE PORTUGUESE PARISHES IN THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER The Santo Christo Parish Community opens wide its doors to you. We hope that you feel at home and among family. Our wish is that you might feel your time among us prayerful, inspiring and uplifting. If you have been away from the Church for a time, we rejoice that you have decided to be with us today. If you are a separated or divorced Catholic, please know that you belong here, that you are and always will be a member of the Church family. If you are divorced and remarried, and wish to annul your first marriage, please ask the Parish Priest to explain the procedure to you. Feeling a part of Church family is very important, and if you are interested in joining this parish community, we would be honored to support you in making that decision. 8:00AM (Portuguese) 5:30PM (English) Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturday 3:00-3:45PM or anytime by appointment We welcome new parishioners. Please register at the office, or after Mass in the Sacristy. Matrimony We welcome the opportunity to help you prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage. Please contact the office at 508-676-1184 at least 6 months before the intended wedding date. Sacraments of Initiation All who are interested in learning more about the Faith of the Church, please call 508-676-1184 for information. Healing For Our Sick Please call 508-676-1184 when a family member or friend is ill. Our Eucharistic Ministers bring Communion to the homebound of our Parish. Rectory: 185 Canal Street Fall River, Mass 02721-1405 Website: www.santochristo.com Email: scp1892@comcast.net Facebook.com/SantoChristoParish
JUNE 25, 2017 NESTE FIM DE SEMANA: FESTA PAROQUIAL DO SENHOR SANTO CRISTO MENSAGEM À PARÓQUIA Deus enviou o Seu Filho ao mundo para o salvar - não para condenar. Cristo é o rosto e a presença de Deus no meio do mundo - junto dos discípulos. Neste fim de semana, mais uma vez celebramos a Festa Paroquial em honra de Jesus O Senhor Santo Cristo, para testemunhar publicamente que O seguimos como Senhor das nossas vidas e Salvador da humanidade. Na sua Paixão, O Senhor deu com toda a evidência o Seu coração e a Sua vida como sinais do Seu grande amor. Que esta festividade seja momento de nos abrirmos totalmente a Jesus Cristo: O Caminho, a Verdade e a plenitude das nossas vidas. Os Sacerdotes PROGRAMA FESTA SÁBADO 6PM MISSA SOLENE presidida pelo Padre Gastão Oliveira, Pároco, sendo pregador o Cónego Adriano Borges Reitor do Santuário do Senhor Santo Cristo em Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores. Após a Missa, segue-se a GRANDE PROCISSÃO DAS PROMESSAS, com o seguinte percurso: Canal / Ferry / Mulberry / William / Grant, para a Igreja. Das 8:30PM às 11PM: ARRAIAL pela Banda Santa Cecília de Fall River. DOMINGO 4PM PROCISSÃO SOLENE pelas ruas da cidade com o seguinte percurso: Columbia / Hunter / Hope / Fountain / Division / Almond / William / Broadway / Columbia, para a Igreja, com a participação de clero, forças vivas da Paróquia, organismos culturais, cívicos e desportivos. Das 6:30 às 10PM ARRAIAL com o conhecido Conjunto Musical Capitalistas CONVIDAMOS A PARÓQUIA A PARTICIPAR! 2 CÍRIOS / PROMESAS...junto da Capela do Senhor Santo Cristo neste Sábado, 24 de Junho a partir das 2PM até às 9PM, e neste Domingo, 25 de Junho, das 9AM às 6:30PM. ÓPAS Pedimos aos Senhores Paroquianos que vistam uma ópa e tomem parte na Procissão. Ópas na Sacristia. CRIANÇAS DA 1ª COMUNHÃO 2017 Pedimos aos pais das crianças da 1ª Comunhão deste ano que tragam os seus filhos à Igreja, às 3:30PM, neste Domingo, para tomarem parte na Procissão Paroquial. HORÁRIO DAS MISSAS NESTE FIM DE SEMANA Hoje 6PM - Missa Solene seguida de Procissão 9:30AM Inglês Domingo 11AM Português. Não haverá Missa às 8am. RESTAURO DO EDIFÍCIO DA IGREJA 3ª e Última Fase Exterior Custo Total Recebido $621,700 $108,059.89 Balanço $513,640.11 Semana Passada $2,725.00
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THIS WEEKEND: PARISH FEAST OF SANTO CRISTO MESSAGE TO THE PARISH God sent his only Son to the world to save - not to condem. Christ is the face and presence of God on earth - along with his diciples. This weekend, as our Parish Family gathers to celebrate our Parish Feast in honor of Jesus Santo Christo we follow Him as Lord of our lives and Savior of the world. In His suffering, Jesus opened His heart and His life as signs of His love. May the Feast be our way of opening ourselves totally to Jesus as the Way, Truth and fullness of our lives. May we behold the man: Ecce Homo and give Him praise and honor. Your Parish Priests FEAST PROGRAM SATURDAY 6PM SOLEMN MASS ~ presided by Rev. Gastão Oliveira, Pastor. Our preacher will be Rev. Adriano Borges, Rector of Santo Cristo Shrine in Ponta Delgada, St. Michael, Azores. GRAND PROCESSION OF PROMISES after mass, with the following itinerary: Canal / Ferry / Mulberry / William / Grant, to church. 8:30PM to 11PM: FEAST ACTIVITIES with lively music by the Santa Cecilia Band Fall River. SUNDAY 4PM SOLEMN PROCESSION with the following route: Columbia / Hunter / Hope / Fountain / Division / Almond / William / Broadway / Columbia to the Church with the participation of clergy, ministries of the Parish, business leaders, cultural, civic & sporting organizations. 6:30 to 10PM FEAST ACTIVITIES with a lively music by the well known group Capitalistas. WE INVITE THE PARISH TO PARTICIPATE! 3 CANDLES / PROMISES...may be purchased near Santo Christo Chapel this Saturday, June 24 from 2-9PM & this Sunday, June 25 from 9AM-6:30PM. RED CAPES We invite men of the parish to wear a cape and take part in the procession. Red capes are in the Sacristy. FIRST COMMUNION CLASS 2017 We ask all parents of this year s 1st Communion Class to have their children in Church by 3:30PM this Sunday to take part in our Procession. SCHEDULE OF MASSES THIS WEEKEND Today 6PM - Solemn Feast Mass followed by Procession 9:30AM English Sunday RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH BUILDING 3rd & Last Exterior Phase 11AM Portuguese There will be no 8AM Mass. Cost Total Recieved $621,700 $108,059.89 Balance $513,640.11 Last Week $2,725.00
4 SANTO CHRISTO, FALL RIVER MISSAS ~ MASSES SATURDAY, JUNE 24 6PM PELOS OS PAROQUIANOS SUNDAY, JUNE 25 NO 8AM MASS 9:30AM João Dias / José Raposo / Celina Crespo 11AM Jason Faria / José Travassos / Manuel Benjamin / Eduarda Travassos / Afonso DaCosta / Mário Cabral, pais e sogro / George e Carlos Raposo / Tiberio Borges e família / Amário Moniz / Olga Correia / António e Berta Bolarinho / João Bolarinho / António Santos, esposa e genro / Fernando Carreiro / João Viveiros / José Camara / Maria da Conceição Pavão / Dinis Viveiros e Intenções de Fátima Viveiros Maria Germana de Sousa / Isaura da Rosa / Gabriel da Silva / Amêlia Cabral / Manuel da Silva / Maria dos Anjos de Sousa / João de Sousa e família / / João Benjamin, filha, genro e pais / Margarida Benjamin e família, e Intencões de Maria Benjamin MONDAY, JUNE 26 8AM Gumercindo Ricardo e familias TUESDAY, JUNE 27 8AM Intenções de Aurelio Gouveia e família WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 8AM Por todos os Sacerdotes SATURDAY, JULY 1 4PM António Araújo, esposa, filhos e genro / José Raposo / Natalia Tavares / Neli Reis / António Pimentel, pais, irmãos e sogros / Fatima Oliveira e avós / Virgínio Gouveia e família / Vitor Costa / Eduarda dapiedade e esposo / João C Pimentel, e Intenções de Susana Pimentel / Dinis Viveiros e Intenções de Fátima Viveiros SUNDAY, JULY 2 8AM Manuel Lima, esposa e filho / José Lima / Fernando Aguiar / João e Serafina Cipriano / Agostinho M Melo e família / Veronica Melo / Clodomiro S Botelho / Mario Castro / João e Juvina Carvalho / Luis Carvalho / Manuel e Helena Viveiros / Manuel e Francelina Pereira / João Benjamin, filha, genro e pais / Margarida Benjamin e família, e Intencões de Maria Benjamin 9:30AM Robert & Lillian Rivest 11AM Maria dos Anjos Saraiva / Manuel e Amorzinha Aguiar e filha / Olga Correia / José Manuel Machado, Mercêdes e Evlina e pais / Nelson Medeiros, mãe e avõs / João Dias Tavares e esposa / Arcenio Amaral e família / José Amaral, esposa e neto / José Martins, esposa e família / Pe. José Gomes e família / Robert Ferreira e família / Intenções de Maria Ferreira NO MASS ON THURSDAY 8AM FRIDAY, JUNE 30 Almas do Purgatório
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